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  1. Re:/. editors on What's the Worst Technical Feature You've Used? · · Score: 1

    Ah I see. I didn't understand the details of your issue but that makes sense.

  2. Re:/. editors on What's the Worst Technical Feature You've Used? · · Score: 1

    Slide the slider on the left to make them all expanded. What's the problem?

  3. Re:So the market sure is promoting innovation on The Man Who Owns the Internet · · Score: 1

    Oh well I feel like a dumbass but thanks for the patience and explanations ;)

  4. Re:So the market sure is promoting innovation on The Man Who Owns the Internet · · Score: 1

    Thank you for taking the time to explain the difference to me! What about SE?

  5. Re:So the market sure is promoting innovation on The Man Who Owns the Internet · · Score: 1

    I'm sure I could look it up on Wikipedia, but I'd rather ask someone in the business; what is a real estate agent, versus a real estate broker?

    Oh, "S.E." caught my eye as well. What does that acronym stand for?

  6. Re:So the market sure is promoting innovation on The Man Who Owns the Internet · · Score: 1

    Thanks for the tips. I just listed domains on Sedo after reviewing both it and Afternic. So if anyone is interested in fattyfatty2x4.com, iloveje.ws, or ihateje.ws, you know where to go ;)

  7. Re:So the market sure is promoting innovation on The Man Who Owns the Internet · · Score: 1, Insightful

    From what I understood in the article, all the names that are redirected are NOT available to be registered, but rather are owned by the Cambodian government, with whom he has a deal to direct them all to his ad site. So it is hardly a 404 page, but a monopoly on almost every single Cambodian domain name his research has shown will attract traffic.

    The problem is, if you own MobileC.com, you cannot simply register MobileC.cm. If he has decided he wants to reap the benefits of the traffic that could be skimmed from your site, you are no longer in any position to register said name in Cambodia. If you want to go after anyone for trademark/copyright infringement, the owner of the domain is the government-owned Cambodian registrar. Good luck with that endeavor!

  8. Re:VCs have changed? on Feedburner Sale to Google Confirmed · · Score: 1

    RTFA.

    It explains the 10M in VC investment.

  9. Skynet? on CERN Collider To Trigger a Data Deluge · · Score: 1

    "The actual data analysis by physicists will take place at Tier-2 sites, so it's important that we can receive whatever data our physicists need," Würthwein says. "We will take data from CERN and push it across the worldwide networks to these seven places. They will receive it, analyze it, the whole gimbang. Once we have the data in all these places, a physicist will be able to submit jobs from their office computer, or even from a laptop in Starbucks."
    2007: CernNET becomes self aware.
  10. Re:wow... on Judge Doesn't Know What a Web Site is · · Score: 1

    When I was Philosophy major, planning on going to law school, I got interested in getting into computer science and coding due to my experiences in philosophy and logic. Interesting that it goes both ways for peoplw.

  11. Re:Relevant? on 13-Year-Old CEO Steals the Show At TiECON · · Score: 1

    Some of my best teachers in grade school (those who inspired me to now be an Elementary and Pre-Elementary Education student) used various games to teach the basics of various subjects throughout my entire time in K-12. To teach the basic, games can be one of the best ways to capture the attention and interest of a student and really imprint the knowledge into long term memory.

    Why the automatic passing-by of games as a teaching method? Bad personal experience or lack of experience with diverse teaching methods?

  12. Re:Relevant? on 13-Year-Old CEO Steals the Show At TiECON · · Score: 1

    I didn't realize that Year 12 Chemistry in whichever country you're in is full of 13 year olds. I was in the final year of my school district's Gifted and Talented proram all through grade school and we learned in a variety of different ways. Due to some amazing teachers I have had in the past, I am currently pursuing my third major, in Elementary and Pre-Elementary Education. I was always entertained by or interested in the subjects that I did especially well in and struggled in others. This game, especially at the target age, seems like a great way to teach a subject that I, for instance, always struggled in (whether in elementary school or college). I remember projects in elementary school classes where we had to design board games to teach a variety of concepts or lessons. My games were always extremely popular across the board and were very educational at the same time. For some school children, this may be the BEST way to learn the basics in a certain subject. Why disregard it before it's even been given a chance? You sound bitter.

  13. Re:Find someone local you can trust on Dell or HP for Small Business? · · Score: 1

    Ah, then you probably had a direct corporate account with them. Yes, if you spend enough money you can sometimes get halfway decent service from Dell.
    And the OQS (Original Question Submitter) will most likely also have a corporate or corporate non-profit (if there's a difference) account if he decides to do business with a retailer or manufactorer which has such a distinction available to customers. How is the GP post invalid?

    (I'm really high while writing this and it took like 15 minutes to write to a level of writing which I found saisfying, but I apologize if I made any mistakes... I did my best!
  14. Re:I hate coffee at the moment on What is Your Favorite Way to Make Coffee? · · Score: 1

    Waking up is my trigger, so screw you guys.

  15. Re:So that's why it failed so often on Comcast Drops Microsoft · · Score: 1

    GuideWorks, as shitty as it is, DOES let you see a week or whatnot into the future. So I hope that numbs some of the pain of having to switch to GuideWorks for you.

  16. Re:So does the MS Interface on those Motorola boxe on Comcast Drops Microsoft · · Score: 1

    I've never paid for a single thing on OnDemand... not sure what you're complaining about, the majority of content (full length shows and movies minus the commercials) is free.

  17. Re:No emoticons? 2nd order punctuation! on Culture Determines Which Emoticon You Use · · Score: 1

    I use this emoticon ;) much more than any other when writing humor. It shows a tongue-in-cheek sort of attitude or ribbing as far as I'm concerned.

  18. Re:Sampling? on Hybrid Cars to Get New Mileage Ratings · · Score: 1

    Here in Michigan, at speeds up to 80mph, you better be in the slow lane and cops won't look twice, sometimes all the way up to 90mph.

  19. Re:Ipod only? on iPods and Pacemakers Don't Mix · · Score: 1

    Kid goes to my high school and professor goes to my University. Crazy world... my brother will be graduating from Okemos in a couple weeks while I should have graduated from Michigan a couple weeks ago, but am a couple years behind. Great high school by the way, but they spent way too much money building it and now the district is hemorrhaging money,

  20. Re:Yes. on Text Messaging Device For the Hearing Impaired? · · Score: 1

    I have the $5.99/month unlimited data add-on to my T-Mobile cell plan and it is truly unlimited.

  21. Re:Not Linux - my reply to everyone on The End is Nigh for XP · · Score: 1

    Every year is by far the maximum but I'll just do it every couple years out of boredom or for lack of something better to do. I used that frequency more to make a point than anything else!

  22. Re:Not Linux - my reply to everyone on The End is Nigh for XP · · Score: 4, Insightful

    What in the world do you do to your Windows PC that you have to reinstall every 2-3 months? I hate comments like this. I reinstall mine once every year or two at max and then only by choice, NOT because I "have to".

    So please enlighten me with what it is that causes your Windows PC to be unreliable after 2 months after a fresh install. I'm not a Windows fanboy (slowly switching everything to Apple) but these sort of comments just seem so baseless that they make the rest of your arguments struggle to maintain integrity.

  23. Re:This could really hurt NPR on NPR Takes First Step To Fight Internet Royalties · · Score: 1

    I guess at least some part of this must depend on your specific station. WUOM is basically news only, no music (a huge draw for me compared to other NPR stations), and it rarely repeats. I can listen for most of the day and find it interesting and entertaining in terms of news, especially the technology and science news that I find most interesting. Throughout the night, from around 10pm maybe to 6am maybe (not exactly sure of the times) they play a direct feed of the BBC world news, live, which I love for late night driving and listening. It's important to note that the majority of my radio listening is either while driving (which I do a lot weekly) or at work, where internet-listening is not an option. With this in mind, the ONLY radio station I will listen to over the airwaves is WUOM.

    Obviously, it really depends on what you need from your radio station, but our NPR station really meets my needs perfectly (especially since they play This American Life twice a week, since I invariably miss the first broadcast). I definitely agree in regards to NPR versus PBS. PBS fell off a long time ago and I've seen no indication that anything will change for them anytime soon.

  24. Re:This could really hurt NPR on NPR Takes First Step To Fight Internet Royalties · · Score: 1

    I know you're kidding, but around here at least, NPR is solidly the most popular station among the people I know and have talked to about radio. Could be partly that our local station, WUOM, is better than most NPR stations, which has translated into greater popularity than most NPR stations. The station where my parents live for instance, WKAR, I tend to avoid. Luckily, WUOM's signal is strong enough that even when I'm visiting my parents who live about 60 miles away I get it loud and clear. Are NPR station finances available to look at for the public? WUOM seems to have such strong support that it seems to have as much money as local corporate stations (for instance, the signal is stronger than almost any other station around here, public or otherwise). I wonder how much being in a college town affects listener numbers also. Both stations are based in college towns (Ann Arbor and East Lansing) but in my experience (which could of course be completely detached from reality) WUOM (Ann Arbor) is considerably more popular than WKAR (East Lansing). Another trend I've noticed is that among the undergraduate students here at Michigan, the vast majority of them have memories of listening to NPR frequently or exclusively when younger and being driven around by their parents. I'm sure there's no causal effect, but it was very interesting to hear when doing an informal survey of Michigan students about NPR.

    Anyways, I've completely forgotten what I was talking about. If you got this far, thanks for reading!

  25. Re:Could be horrible PR for the RIAA on RIAA Has to Disclose Attorneys Fees In Foster Case · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Or if it's a very small amount per lawsuit, then it will show that they're not really researching enough per lawsuit to actually have a legitimate claim. This seems to be lose-lose for them, unless they've spent some "golden" number in between the two extremes (but what this number is will vary wildly in the eyes of different observers).